Aug 3rd 1879
Brother Flake was the interpeter in spanish I preached to them
one hour concerning the gospel and the Book of Mormon the
Record of their fore fathers and our relationship to them
All of which Petone was deeply interested in we had Prayer
with them night & morning I Praidyed the Lord to Bless Petone on
his hunt that he might have meet for his family Petone
was much interested in what I had taught him He wanted
me to go home with him to his tribe at Forest Dale and
meet with Pedroe the Peace Chief I told him I would
~ Monday
Aug 3. We Prepared to return and Petone took his company
and started out hunting on his return home they over took
us on the road loaded Down they killed to day 11 deer and Antilope They Killed in all upon this hunt 23 old ones
and 4 young ones total 27. And it was a remarkable
fact that they killed Evry Deer and Antilope they saw on the
hunt I spent the night at Br Easts on Sholo 20 M[iles].
Petone [FIGURE] gave three young Mormon Elders the strongest
rebuke I Ever heard from an Indian. The 3 boys were
smoking they asked Petone if He would not smoke with
them. He looked them sternly in the face and said No
the Great Spirit has told me if I would not smoke nor
Drink whiskey I should live a long time but if I
did I should live but a short time. I said to the
boys you should lay that rebuke to heart & never set
such an example again before an Indian
~ Tuesday
5 I arose this morning at 4 oclok and walked up by
the side of two Ponds near Brother Easts and spent an
hour in watching 6 Beaver ketch fish they came within
Aug 3rd 1879
Brother Flake was the interpeter in spanish I preached to them
one hour concerning the gospel and the Book of Mormon the
Record of their fore fathers and our relationship to them
All of which Petone was deeply interested in we had Prayer
with them night & morning I Praiyed the Lord to Bless Petone on
his hunt that he might have meet for his family Petone
was much interested in what I had taught him He wanted
me to go home with him to his tribe at Forest Dale and
meet with Pedroe the Peace Chief I told him I would
~ Monday
Aug 3. We Prepared to return and Petone took his company
and started out hunting on his return home they over took
us on the road loaded Down they killed to day 11 deer and
Antilope They Killed in all upon this hunt 23 old ones
and 4 young ones total 27. And it was a remarkable
fact that they killed Evry Deer and Antilope they saw on the
hunt I spent the night at Br Easts on Sholo 20 Miles.
Petone [FIGURE] gave three young Mormon Elders the strongest
rebuke I Ever heard from an Indian. The 3 boys were
smoking they asked Petone if He would not smoke with
them. He looked them sternly in the face and said No
the Great Spirit has told me if I would not smoke nor
Drink whiskey I should live a long time but if I
did I should live but a short time. I said to the
boys you should lay that rebuke to heart & never set
such an example again before an Indian
~ Tuesday
5 I arose this morning at 4 oclok and walked up by
the side of two Ponds near Brother Easts and spent an
hour in watching 6 Beaver ketch fish they came within
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," August 4, 1879 - August 5, 1879, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/BLvN